Those who are doing the right thing have nothing to hide, right?
First of all, that's not at all what I said. What I said is these measures protect your reputation as a responsible gun owner, as well as make the logical sense of reducing gun related crime.
Who cares if government reads your emails, listens into your calls, makes sure that you are using your first amendment rights 'responsibly', if you are responsible in the first place, you have nothing to worry about.
Great red herring. Could you please come back to THIS discussion and what I said please?
No thanks. Illegal Gun Owners by definition aren't going to give a rats' butt about background checks
You're missing the point. Illegal gun owners are less likely to get the gun. That's the point.
but legal women who are being stalked will.
So? They can care and they can get them. My dad's wife carries concealed, it didn't seem to bother her to go through the "hassles" of getting her permit.
The idea that you harm the criminal by hampering the non-criminals' ability to defend themselves continues to carry little water with me.
The fact you think that is what I'm saying shows you're obviously not "listening" to me.
You can put obstacles in front of the law-abiding all you like; it will stop those who do not care about the law already not a whit.
Let me ask you, where do you think the criminals get their guns? Do they just snap their fingers and guns appear? Are there drive-thru gun shops, where a criminal can obtain a gun the same way I obtain a 32 oz soda? Do you think every potential criminal has a cartel connection in Colombia?
Stop for a minute and ponder the ridiculousness of the position that the kind of person who would ignore the laws about murder would be seriously worried over whether or not he should violate the laws on receiving proper weapons handling training and a background check.
No, you stop and consider for a moment exactly where your line of logic has to make a jump over the hole in it. For a hint, look above.
If you strengthen the laws in obtaining guns, many of those so-called straw buyers tend to lose interest much faster. Register the gun and it's used in a crime, then suddenly the straw buyer becomes legally responsible. If the straw buyer makes a habit of having guns "stolen", then the straw buyer is denied his next firearm. And if a legal gun owner really does have a gun stolen multiple times, then they are not a responsible gun owner.
As a responsible gun owner, you should be pushing for measures which only allows legitimate gun owners to purchase guns. Will these laws prevent all gun related crimes? Of course not. But there is no doubt in my mind it will lower the gun related crime, while at the same time, not prohibit those who wish to legally and responsibly own a gun from doing so. Will you be more inconvenienced? Absolutely. But I think that's a small price to pay.